Tag: Almond Four

Elana Amsterdam of Elana’s Pantry is one amazing woman and in my mind a genius when it comes to coconut and almond flour! Her website is the first one I came across when I was diagnosed almost three years ago and it is one that I continually go back to for inspirations. Her recipes are straightforward, simple yet unbelievably delicious and you don’t ever miss the gluten or the refined sugars.

While searching her website one day I found a recipe for cupcakes made with coconut flour so I went online ordered some coconut flour and have been making those cupcake ever since. I’m a huge lover of cupcakes and extremely picking when it comes to them. There was nothing to pick apart with these cupcakes so when I first heard that she was releasing a new cookbook all about cupcakes I put it on my wish list right away. Her cookbook has 50 (yes 50!) recipes all made from coconut or almond flour. When I received my review copy I went through the cookbook about ten times before deciding which to make first. This cookbook doesn’t only have delicious sounding recipes the photos make your mouth water. I finally decided on making the Garlic Cheddar Muffins and for a sweet treat the Marble Cupcakes. Another great thing about this cookbook is that each recipe has a sweetness scale next to it!

I started with the Garlic Cheddar Muffins because I wanted something more on the savory side and planned to eat them more as a biscuit with dinner. I ended up taking these to school the next day for breakfast. Again her recipes are simple and not many ingredients, yet these had so much flavor to them packed in to them and they are nice and fluffy. So as you can see you can eat these as a snack, along with dinner and even for breakfast 😉 I’ll be making these again soon.

For a sweet treat yesterday, because it was just one of those days that called for baking. I went for the marble cupcakes made with coconut flour. We’ve been trying to get away from refined sugars in our house and this cookbook is perfect for that. I love baking with agave, it adds just the right amount of sweetness and it has a low glycemic index. I’ve made Elana’s coconut cupcakes for Bryan in the past but he forgot about them so he was a little hesitant to try these yesterday but he really really enjoyed them (in fact he just had another one). Next week I’ll be making Mocha Chip Cupcakes for a classmate of mine to celebrate her month-long Paleo Diet Challenge. I can’t wait to make her Strawberry Cupcakes soon, just waiting for my farmers market to open up next month.

I don’t have Elana’s first cookbook – The Almond Flour Cookbook (yet) but if you have that one and loved it, I’m sure you will love this one also. Who doesn’t love cupcakes? And who doesn’t love them when they use such fantastic ingredients such as coconut flour, Almond Flour eggs, and agave.

Elana is absolutely amazing, I can’t say enough good things about her and her recipes. Her website has helped me so much over the years. She was always very friendly and informative when I had questions for her. Check out her website and you can purchase her book on Amazon. Trust me you are going to love this cookbook. Thank you Elana for making this beautiful cookbook and sharing all of your wonderful creations with all of us.
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